Monday, September 21, 2009

Aim: How do landforms force humans to adapt or change their environment?

Do Now: (Complete label the continents open notebook quiz) environment?


Notes-

1. Landforms - natural features of the earths surface - Example: Mountains

2. Elevation- height above sea level

3. Peninsula - land surrounded by water on three sides

4. Island - land surrounded by water on all sides

5. Waterways rivers and oceans are natural canal are man made

6. Climate- pattern of weather over the year

7. Equator - 0 latitude on the globe

8. Longitude- lines that run East and West of the Prime Meridian

9. Latitude - Line that run North and South of the Equator (across)